Title:
The best American nonrequired reading 2017
JLCTITLE245:
edited by Sarah Vowell and the students of 826 National ; managing editor, Daniel Gumbiner.
Publication Information:
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017.
Physical Description:
xvi, 375 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
ISBN:
9781328663801
Series:
General Note:
"A Mariner original."
Abstract:
This anthology presents a selection of short works from mainstream and alternative American periodicals published in 2016, including nonfiction, screenplays, television writing, fiction, and alternative comics.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
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Variant Title:
Portion of title: Nonrequired reading 2017
Contents:
Fable / Teju Cole -- One person means alone / Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers -- How to stop a black snake / Louise Erdrich -- The trouble / Smith Henderson -- Excerpt from maximum sunlight / Meagan Day -- So subtle a catch / Simon Parkin -- Uncanny valley / Anna Wiener -- I used to be a human being / Andrew Sullivan -- Lucky dragon / Viet Dinh -- Homegoing, AD / Kima Jones -- Autocracy: rules for survival / Masha Gessen -- My president was black / Ta-Nehisi Coates -- Excerpt from nature poem / Tommy Pico -- Hell / Benjamin Nugent -- The most terrible time of my life / Sonny Liew -- The diary of a gulag prison guard / Ivan Chistyakov -- Correspondence with Elena Ferrante / Shelia Heti -- Giant / Mark Polanzak -- Tattoo / Melissa Ragsly -- Peace shall destroy many / Miriam Toews -- The Rockefeller family fund takes on Exxonmobil / David Kaiser and Lee Wasserman -- Selected tweets from @wernertwertzog / William Pannapacker -- You'll be back / Lin-Manuel Miranda -- Excerpt from Utah, Petitioner v. Edward Joseph Strieff, Jr. / Justice Sonia Sotomayor -- "Woman fries and eats pet goldfish after fight with husband" / Christine Rhein -- An oral history of Gabriel Depiero / Casey Jarman -- I am reminded via email to submit my preferences for the schedule / Chen Chen -- Who are these Trump supporters? / George Saunders.